Generic Preventive Measures - Checklist

To assist States with the implementation of Article 9 and Part 3 of the Technical Annex, in 2009 the then Coordinator on Generic Preventive Measures, Colonel Jean-Christophe Le Roux of France, developed a questionnaire which serves as a checklist for States to consider when they are developing procedures, guidelines or regulations on the implementation of generic preventive measures. The checklist has been reproduced in full below. It can also be found in Protocol V document CCW/P.V/CONF/2010/6/Add.1, 11 November 2010. Essentially the checklist is a tool to facilitate the implementation of generic preventive measures. While it does not have any legal status, it is hoped that the checklist will clarify various issues, establish best practises and serve to monitor and improve the implementation of generic preventive measures at the national level.

1. Specification

2. Concept

3. Development

Reducing UXO sensitivity

Reducing potential civilian casualties from ERW

Qualification work

4. Production

5. Utilisation - 5.1 Storage

5.2 Transportation and handling(a) Are there provisions to task manufacturers and users to attach written safety procedures for handling (and transportation) of munitions they produce and transport? (b) Do the means of transportation (and handling) meet the specified military requirements? (c) Are they in accordance with international hazardous materials transportation guidelines and/or UN recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods?

6.3 Documentation(a) Is there a user manual for each type of munition? (b) Is information on munitions and their correct handling available, articulated in suitable terms for the respective level? Is the user of this information trained? (c) Do the OEMs provide to the users all technical details regarding munitions during the entire life cycle than can reduce or eliminate the probability of UXO? (d) Is the user manual adapted to different profiles of users (operational, headquarters, maintenance…)? (e) Are the limits of use defined in the user manual? (f) Is there safety area defined (for troops, civilians and urban installations)? (g) In the user manual, are there recommendations about factors that can negatively influence munitions, such as mechanical, thermal, electrical, climatic, biological, polluting, radiating or poisoning hazards? (h) Are the technical manuals and their translations sufficiently detailed to achieve the objective of reduction of UXO?